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Guus Hiddink 1 has admitted Chelsea 2 now have a new target for this season: securing a place in next season’s Europa League 3 through their exploits in the Premier League 4 . The Blues secured a hardfought and nervy 2-1 victory away to Norwich on Tuesday night, which lifted the reigning league champions into eighth place in the standings, just four points behind sixth-placed West Ham, who play Tottenham on Wednesday. With Manchester City winning the Capital One Cup on Sunday and looking likely to end the season in the top four spots, which would secure Champions League football for them in the process, the additional Europa League spot could go to the club finishing in sixth place this season.

Should Chelsea manage to maintain their good form – they remain unbeaten in 12 Premier League matches – they could feasibly achieve such an aim despite their poor start to the campaign. And Hiddink admitted after Chelsea beat Norwich to lift themselves into the top half of the table for the first time since August, he wants his team to focus on securing European football for next season along with trying to win the FA Cup and go as far as possible in the Champions League. “Now with the ambition of Chelsea we must set a new target and see what we can do in the direction of Europe,” Hiddink said. “We have now won a few games in a row. We have to keep on winning.

If everyone is on board and there are no big injuries, we’d like to go as high as possible towards the European spots.” The victory at Carrow Road means Chelsea have won three Premier League games in a row for the first time since April 2015.” References ^ Guus Hiddink (www.standard.co.uk) ^ Chelsea (www.standard.co.uk) ^ Europa League (www.standard.co.uk) ^ Premier League (www.standard.co.uk)

Chelsea 1 face their second successive Premier League 2 away trip on Tuesday when they play Norwich City 3 at Carrow Road following a comeback win at Southampton 4 on Saturday. Date, time and venue Chelsea travel to play Norwich on Tuesday 1 March at Carrow Road, with the game kicking off at 19:45 PM. Where to watch The game will not be shown live, but fans can follow all the action as it happens in Standard Sport’s blog from 18:45 PM.

Last five matches Southampton 1 Chelsea 2 5 (27/02/2016) Chelsea 5 Manchester City 1 6 (21/02/2016) PSG 2 Chelsea 1 7 (16/02/2015) Chelsea 5 Newcastle 1 8 (13/02/16) Chelsea 1 Man United 1 9 (07/02/16) Team news and probable line ups Pedro will miss the match after suffering a hamstring injury against Southampton, which forced him off the field after just seven minutes. John Terry remains a doubt as Hiddink said on Saturday he doesn’t “want to take a big risk on his fitness”, although Radamel Falcao and Kurt Zouma will definitely be sidelined through injury. Meanwhile, Abdul Baba Rahman could be sacrificed at left back for Kenedy after the former’s mistake at St Mary’s Stadium saw him replaced at the break before Hiddink praised Kenedy’s subsequent performance.

What they re saying Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink: “The Chelsea we want to see is one which reacts to setbacks. We like to be proactive also, and this is what the team did, regaining possession as soon as possible and showing a huge desire to turn a negative result into a positive one. “We emphasised that and the players responded.” In Pictures: Southampton vs Chelsea Norwich boss Alex Neil: “I don’t think we deserved that to lose to Leicester. In the game we had good chances and defensively we were solid.

We kept Vardy and Mahrez quiet and we certainly deserved something. There are a lot of things to take from it. “We have a game on Tuesday and we’ll get it out of our system before then.” Prediction What do you think the result of the match at Carrow Road will be? Have your say by voting in the poll below!

Stay tuned to Standard Sport for all the action! Please wait a moment for the Live Blog to load. What they said Norwich boss Alex Neil: “Are you going to roll over and give up?

We’re fighting for our lives and we want to stay in the Premier League. A win changes everything. “We are capable of a level that can get us positive results in the remaining 11 games. “There is no point us dipping our toe in the water and being a bit cagey and hoping we see things out. We need to go and attack it.” Player ratings: Southampton vs Chelsea Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink: “When I started in December we were close to the relegation zone, one point away.

Of course this club must have big objectives but it was a side objective to get away from the relegation zone as soon as possible. “The team did well with draws and victories so in a relatively short time we’ve accomplished that in-between target.